Display tray



C. F. FISHER DISPLAY TRAY Filed Feb. 5. I 1926 629m: sir/er flttmwuyPatented Dee 21, 1 926.

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This invention 1 relates to 1-store'-furniture and more particularlytoia dispensing tray. adapted to receive fish hooks'or' other smallarticles which it is desired to display withbeing inspected.

Another object ofthex-invention is to so,

mount the receptacles. that, when one is I vide a tray carrying anumberof receptacles tal section, and 5.

' on the line 2 2'of Fig. 1.

moved outwardly, the others will be held stationary. until thereceptacle in use has been returned to its normal position 1n thecaslng.This WlllPI'EVQHtal'tlClQS removedfrom a receptacle from being replacedin the wrong receptacle. 1 v

' Another ob ect of the invention, is to prowhich are arrangedin'acompact mass upon a turntable and, therefore, will occupy a minimumamount of spacep @T lus invention s illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing wherein f I Figure 1- s a view showlngthe trayprinf cipally intop plan and partially in horizon Fig. 2 is a transverse"sectional Thedisplayltrayforming the subject-mathas been seated, a ring owhich ispreferably resilient-is inserted and will serve to very V firmlyholdtheatop in place. Itwill,.there'- fore; beseen that Whenthe top. issecured the casing will be entirely enclosed except for the" opening 3.f A suitable number of feet or pads '7 are secured to the bottom 1 so"that the tray may rest upon "acounter or glass showcase without dangerof slipping or marring the show caseor counter.

The receptacles or trays 8 which are to receive the fish hooks arecarriedby a turntable 9 formed of stiff metal and of a circu lar shapesothat it may be rotatably received in the housing. The centralportionof the I turntable is formed with an opening to re}: jceiv'e thepivot bolt lO'and .a'thick washer 11' f is placed about the bolt 10'inorder' to sup port the turntable in spaced relation to the bottom ofthe housing; 'Theturntable will,"

' therefore, only have contact with the 'upper view taken na] portionof' the turntable and knobs "17 .ofthe receptacles will, be concealedWhen 7 viewing the articles through the glass top.

face-of the washer Ila-nilmay befreadily :turned in the housing." Thetrays orlr'ecep-fl.

'rtaclels 8 extend radially ofi'the turntable'and each tapers inwardlyand at its inner end has its bottom extendedto providea tongue extension12. v Rivets 13 are carried by .the a tongue extensions 12'v and projectdownwardly through slots lt formed radially of the turntable and sospaced from each other that they extend intermediate; the sides -of thereceptacles. "The'receptacles may, there- 'fore,.beslidradially of theturntable whendisposed in operative relationto the opening 3but cannotbe entirely withdrawn. from "the houslng. Swinging of the i receptaclescircumferentially of the turntable when're- .ftracted isprevented byribs or fins l5 which are secureol'tothe upper face of the turntable andproject upwardly between the outer end portions of the receptacles. Thea peripheral wall-8 .of the housing andthe outerwalls of the receptaclesare preferably coated with paint of any desired color and Y A a band 16is painted upon the peripheral portion of the glass top 5so'that themargi- The central ;portion ofthe top is also preferably coated,: asshown at 18, so that the central portion. of the turntable and innerends'ofthe trays will-be concealed. Therefore, the device will be neatinappearance and will not be unsightly when placed upon a counter; p r l pI l/Vhen the display tray is in use, fish hooks of varying'sizes areplaced in separate recep V t'acles and .a} customer can view the hooksthrough the glass top and readily determine the ones desired." Afterthehooks to be purchased'h'ave been selected, the turntable is "rotatedbyengaging one of the ears 19 extending fromthe wall 2' with one fingerand I engaging the knob 17 of areoeptacle-with the thumb. As soon as thereceptaclecontaiiiingthe desired hooks has been moved into alinementwith the opening 3, its knob 17fis grasped and the receptacle drawn outewardlyi The desirednumber of hooks are removed" and the receptaclejpthen returned to-the retracted position. As long as the tray isextended through the opening, the turntable cannot be rotated and,therefore; surplus hooks removed from the tray-can: notbe returned tothe Wrong receptacle. ,It V "will, therefore, be seen that with thistrayfish hoeks can beproniinently displayed and readily dispensed andthere Will be no danger'of hooks becoming'mixed by being returned to theWrong receptacle. Having thus described the iriventionQI claim: U

A case of the character ClGSCI'lbBd'COHIPIlS ing a housing including anannular Wall and a transparent to p carried by said Wall and fixedthereto, .said'wall being formed with a single -opening, "a turntableindependent of saidftopand being-retatably mounted in said slots tolimit sliding of the trays.

housing, trays slidablycarried by said turntable and ofra Width to beindividually drawn outwardly through the opening in said Wall, saidtrays being disposed radially of the turntable and provided with tongue7 extensions attheir inner ends, the turntable having slots formedradlally therein beneath saidtrays, and pins carried by the tongueZextensions Of said trays and received in said In testimonywhereof Iallix my signature.

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